2003-06-27 10:03:47

by kees.bakker

Subject: drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_core.c -Werror causes build to stop

To build 2.5.73 using my SuSE 8.2 system (gcc 3.3) I need the following
patch:

--- linux-2.5.73/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/Makefile.orig 2003-06-22 20:33:34.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.5.73/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/Makefile 2003-06-27 10:38:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
aic79xx_proc.o \
aic79xx_osm_pci.o

-EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Idrivers/scsi -Werror
+EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Idrivers/scsi -Werror -Wno-sign-compare
#EXTRA_CFLAGS += -g

# Files generated that shall be removed upon make clean
--- linux-2.5.73/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_core.c.orig 2003-06-22 20:32:43.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.5.73/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_core.c 2003-06-27 11:35:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
"aic7892",
"aic7899"
};
-static const u_int num_chip_names = NUM_ELEMENTS(ahc_chip_names);

/*
* Hardware error codes.

2003-06-27 14:31:40

by Adrian Bunk

Subject: Re: drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_core.c -Werror causes build to stop

On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:17:19PM +0200, Kees Bakker wrote:
> To build 2.5.73 using my SuSE 8.2 system (gcc 3.3) I need the following
> patch:
>
> --- linux-2.5.73/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/Makefile.orig 2003-06-22 20:33:34.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.5.73/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/Makefile 2003-06-27 10:38:40.000000000 +0200
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
> aic79xx_proc.o \
> aic79xx_osm_pci.o
>
> -EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Idrivers/scsi -Werror
> +EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Idrivers/scsi -Werror -Wno-sign-compare
> #EXTRA_CFLAGS += -g
>
> # Files generated that shall be removed upon make clean
>...

The -Wno-sign-compare is not needed with the official gcc 3.3 release.
It's only needed for beta versions of gcc 3.3 .

cu
Adrian

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